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Two Priorities for the Canadian Forces
- 3 mai 2012
How should we define the priorities of the Canadian Forces? Steve Saideman raises this question in his latest post. In my view, the CF should have two overriding missions: first, the protection of Canada’s coastlines and airspace (along with …
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Foreign Policy Is Not Just Defence
- 30 avril 2012
I welcome the opportunity to kick off this series on the future of the Canadian Forces (CF), not least because the series invites a broader discussion of the role of the military and the Department of National Defence (DND) …
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Boosting Canada’s Latin American Strategy
- 30 avril 2012
The recent Latin American Summit in Cartagena didn’t generate much media coverage in Canada. It eventually broke down with controversies over drug policy and Cuba, and was even hijacked by a minor scandal involving the U.S. Secret Service. But it …
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Steve Coll’s Sobering Vision of Afghanistan’s Future: Event Report
- 1 mars 2012
On February 27, Steve Coll (President of the New America Foundation and Pulitzer Prize-winning author) gave a strikingly clear and sobering analysis of problems afflicting the U.S. exit strategy from war in Afghanistan. His opening premise was a moral one: …
EN SAVOIR PLUSThe New Canada: Fomenting Fear at Home and Abroad
- 4 février 2012
Why base policy on facts and evidence when you can exploit fear instead? It doesn’t take a psychologist to know that fear is a much more powerful motivator than boring old rational argument. Political scientists have long studied the use …
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Something Borrowed, Nothing Gained: John Baird’s Big Ideas in Foreign Policy
- 3 février 2012
“Canada is what I like to call a ‘smart power’,” Foreign Minister John Baird declared in a major speech in Israel last week. That’s reassuring, although as a means of distinguishing our foreign policy it is likely to prove elusive. …
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Armies without Borders? Legal Questions on Canada-U.S. Military Cooperation
- 25 janvier 2012
The Ottawa Citizen reported today that Canada and the United States are in the final stages of negotiating a “new Canada-U.S. military agreement that will set down each country’s roles and responsibilities should North America be attacked”. The details are …
EN SAVOIR PLUSLes propos inquiétants de Stephen Harper sur l’Iran
- 22 janvier 2012
Le premier ministre Stephen Harper prépare-t-il le public canadien à un éventuel conflit avec l’Iran? Dans deux entrevues récentes (ici et ici), il a « sonné l’alarme » à propos de la possibilité d’un Iran doté d’un arsenal …
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Examen de la politique étrangère : temps pour un grand coup
- 21 janvier 2012
Bien que les motifs semblent flous et que les paramètres ne soient toujours pas connus du public, les fonctionnaires s’affairent à un examen de la politique étrangère dans l’édifice Lester B. Pearson à Ottawa. Le moment est bien choisi, étant …
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Tap Immigrants to Help Shape Foreign Policy
- 20 décembre 2011
Par Tom Axworthy, John Monahan et Natalie Brender
Publié dans le Globe and Mail, 20 décembre 2011.
As Canada’s focus on Libya shifts from the drama of regime change to the challenges of peace building and reconstruction, could the …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCanada-U.S. Perimeter Plan: From Aspiration to Action?
- 8 décembre 2011
Yesterday, Canada and the United States announced a security and economic cooperation plan similar in style and substance to the 2005 Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP). It’s worth recalling, therefore, that the SPP died of neglect shortly …
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Libya: The Real Work is Only Beginning
- 30 novembre 2011
The Government last week paid tribute to Canadian Forces who served in the recently-concluded NATO mission in Libya. It was a welcome gesture to those who serve Canada abroad, often with little or no recognition at all. And it was …
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